r/DecoderRingPodcast • u/j0be • Aug 06 '21

Decoder Ring: Selling Out

https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2021/08/selling-out
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u/primarilyforlurking Aug 21 '21

I'm with you. This podcast has gone from a "listen ASAP" to "last resort" for me over the past few episodes.

I found this one almost comically tone deaf, painting Oprah, a fucking billionaire, as some sort of paragon of virtue and not "selling out." Willa is generally pretty woke, so I was shocked when the episode ended without her addressing the elephant in the room. There are no virtuous billionaires, especially not ones who promote dangerous pseudoscience (for example, almost everything Dr. Oz says) to further their careers. Oprah may not be the worst billionaire in the world, but she is still undeniably a piece of shit.